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Monday, January 23, 2012 3:23 PM

FE Exam Results Should Be Public Information

Performance statistics for the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination issued by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) are forwarded each year to universities and to state PE licensing boards that request them. These...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011 9:08 AM

Engineering Firm Certifications: A Barrier to Mobility in Some States

In recent years, tremendous strides have been made in engineering licensure in the U.S. to promote mobility and expedited comity licensure for individual PE licenses. In many states, a PE who meets the definition of a Model Law Engineer, and has an up...
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:26 AM

NCEES Considers New Pathways to Licensure

At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, NCEES leaders continued discussions regarding the details of the engineering educational requirements in the Model Law as of 2020. In 2006, NCEES modified its...
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:19 PM

NSPE Adopts Position Statement on Engineering Education Outcomes

At its April 2010 Board of Directors meeting, NSPE adopted a new position statement advocating that certain engineering education outcomes be attained by engineers of all disciplines who become licensed professional engineers. These outcomes, listed below...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:24 AM

Task Force Addresses Alternatives to Master’s or Equivalent

One of the charges to the NCEES Engineering Education Task Force (EETF) this year was to formulate and evaluate alternatives to be considered to add to the “master’s or equivalent” requirements provided in the Model Law beginning in...
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Monday, January 04, 2010 12:14 PM

Alternate Pathways to the PE: How States Vary in Their Engineering Education Licensure Requirements

For many decades now, the NCEES Model Law has indicated that the recommended educational requirement for licensure as a professional engineer is a baccalaureate degree in engineering from a program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:44 AM

Master’s or Equivalent: Regulatory Impacts

This is the second in a series of four articles prepared by a subcommittee of the NSPE Licensure and Qualifications for Practice Committee examining the various impacts of the additional engineering education initiative. This summary was drafted by Paul...
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Friday, September 18, 2009 2:58 PM

Transfer of Responsible Charge

At the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying in August, Ed Huston, P.E., a structural engineer from Washington state, made an interesting presentation regarding professional issues with respect to transfer of...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:19 AM

National Mobility – Here and Now: Get a Council Record

Mobility in the engineering profession works better now than it ever has, by a wide margin. “Model Law Engineers” who maintain an active “Council Record” through the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying receive...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:31 PM

Master’s or Equivalent: NCEES Stays the Course While Continuing to Study Alternatives

At its annual meeting in Louisville, KY, on August 13 and 14, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying deliberated and voted on a number of resolutions regarding engineering education. The following 2009 “Southern Zone Resolution”...
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